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Environment
On trend: Soil a hot topic on TV next Monday
Our soils are one of our most valuable resources and they are running out. This week, RTE’s 10 Things to...
Environment
Our soils are one of our most valuable resources and they are running out. This week, RTE’s 10 Things to...
Tillage
Soil is a haven for biodiversity and micro-organisms. The world’s soil contains between one quarter and one third of all...
Tillage
Fiona Brennan delivered a few stark messages about our soils as she began to address the Biological Farming Conference –...
Grass
Healthy soils are said to be the engine driving production on any farm; but just how much could poor soil...
N.Ireland
‘Soil Health’ is a relatively new term that is being discussed more and more by farmers, growers, agronomists and researchers....
Grass
Some farmers, it might be argued, have been deluding themselves for generations – believing they are good grassland managers. Yes;...
Opinion
I find it staggering that all of the main crop yields, including potatoes, increased last year. Despite all of the...
N.Ireland
If you are one of over 1,000 farmers across Northern Ireland who received free soil sampling and analysis reports and...
N.Ireland
Land is the most limiting and expensive resource on dairy farms but only half of Northern Irish soils analysed this...
N.Ireland
You might feel like you need tracks – or maybe even a raft – to cope with some of the...
N.Ireland
The amount of livestock manure applied in the UK each year would fill all the lanes of the M1, plus...
Environment
Scientists from University College Dublin and the University of Vigo, Spain, have found that the digging, stirring and overturning of...
Environment
UN plans to mitigate global warming by burying atmospheric carbon in the ground to enrich soil are laudable but currently...
Tillage
New research, carried out at Rothamsted in the UK, has found that selenium concentrations in soils across the world are...
Grass
There has been plenty of discussion around fertiliser application in January and it is not a once size fits all...
Environment
Average soil P, K and pH levels remain low and are holding back Irish farmers from meeting the full production...
Grass
Close to 55% of Irish and UK soils analysed by Yara Analytical Services are deficient in either Phosphate (P), Potash...
Beef
Marking a scale of heights against cover values on a well-used pair of wellingtons is the easiest way to measure...